Proactive Resource Management for the Mitigation of Service Discontinuation in Mobile Networks

Author

Alyfantis, George ; Hadjiefthymiades, Stathes ; Merakos, Lazaros

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Univ. of Athens, Athens

fYear

2006

fDate

9-11 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

267

Lastpage

272

Abstract

A scheme for the proactive allocation of network resources to mobile users, based on a pricing framework, is proposed. The objective is the reduction of service discontinuation events attributed to handovers in the cellular infrastructure. The future base station, where network resources have to be reserved proactively, is determined by means of a path prediction algorithm. The network receives a fee for providing the advance reservation service to the user. The exact price is determined after a sequential bargaining procedure, modeled as a two-person non-cooperative game between the mobile user and the network The efficiency of the proposed scheme is evaluated through simulations.

Keywords

cellular radio; mobility management (mobile radio); pricing; resource allocation; cellular infrastructure; mobile networks; path prediction algorithm; pricing framework; proactive network allocation; proactive resource management; sequential bargaining procedure; Adaptive control; Bandwidth; Base stations; Communication networks; Game theory; Laboratories; Pricing; Programmable control; Quality of service; Resource management; Proactive resource management; bargaining; game theory; pricing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2006. ICCCN 2006. Proceedings.15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0572-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2006.286284

Filename

4067665